(IsraelNN.com) At least four Katyusha rockets hit northwestern Israel several minutes ago, east of Nahariya. The IDF has been on alert for rocket fire from Hizbullah and is investigating areas of Thursday morning's blasts.

Two peple were lightly injured from scattered debris, and the Home Front Command has ordered residents to enter shelters.

Hizbullah has smuggled from Syria three times more rockets than it possessed before the Second Lebanon War two years ago. It has not taken responsibility for the rocket attacks, which may have been initiated by another terrorist group with the approval of Hizbullah.

In the south, sirens warning of incoming Hamas rockets were sounded several minutes ago in Ashdod and Ashdod, and police are investigating the points of impact.

and that puffed up PIG , Nazrullah , still threatening
Isreal if the IDF attacks .
When will Israel KILL this guy ? Just pull out the stops .
Use a low yield nuke if necessary . Nazrullah needs to be turned into pink mist .

I’d like to go on the record expressing my contempt for the peace-keeping operation in Southern Lebanon. Let’s recall the last demands for a cease-fire, ones that assured Israel they had nothing to worry about, because Hizbullah would not be allowed to rearm.

Now Israel is being trashed for defending itself, and another cease-fire is being demanded out of it. And of course Hizbullah has more munitions than ever before. The U.N. is a morally bankrupt front organization for terrorism. It’s is the leading enabler of terrorists on the planet. It is an organization that is as illegitimate as the terrorist organizations it fronts for.

The United Nations is a contemptible enterprise. The European Union is nearly as bad. This time around they are showing at least some understanding of Israel’s plight, but it’s essentially too little too late.

Perhaps it’s time for Israel to make a preemptive strike in Southern Lebanon. And this time, they should be absolutely ruthless with no holds barred.

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posted on 01/07/2009 11:02:46 PM PST
by DoughtyOne
(I see that Kenya's favorite son has a new weekly Saturday morning radio show.)

A typical result from Israel caving in to a temporary cease fire. All it accomplished was allowing Hamas a few hours to set up some launch sites, probably by moving launchers around with UN marked ambulances, or some other- "civillian" one moment, Hamas terrorist the next- donkey carts, pretending to be hauling "humanitarian supplies", eg machine guns, ammo, and rockets.

Isreal should just flatten the place and force all those so called 'palestinians' back to where they came from, syria, Jordan etc.

great post — the way that Lebanon was allowed to fester after the fraudulent cease-fire in 2006 is outrageous.

I also blame Olmert and Israeli leadership for botching their chance to really dismantle Hezbullah, though — they knew that under almost any scenario they only had a few weeks to do the job, yet they dithered and dallied until the “international pressure” built up and the Israeli domestic support faded.

Good point. In late 68 we had a SOG recon team capture a 122 mm rocket intact from the mid west part of our AO. It was taken to Saigon and test fired into reinforced concrete.

If I recall the report half ass, it penetraated 6 plus feet of solid reinforced concrete. So, think what those civilians in Israel are facing. It took an SF engineer/demo man and 32 montagnards days to build an underground bumker/TOC that would withstand that kind of direct hit. So, those who feel sorry for Hamas’s cowards who fire 122’s at Israel’s cities- need to stop whining, as those new bombs are much more accurate then a 122mm rocket aimed at a city. A 122mm rocket might hit anywhere. What home in this country could withstand that?

Most homes in the US wouldn't stop a round from a .38 special, and there is a steady stream of victims from sitting on the wrong end of the couch at the wrong time. What the Israelis grow up with from childhood is the never ending threat from "gangs bangers" that would wipe out ours overnight.

They've been under attack as far back as I can remember, and everytime its the same - not one damn word from UN observers other than every movement the Israelis make, and then demands for a cease fire whenever the hizzies or hamas run out of rockets or kids. I lost my pic from 2006 of the hizzie flag flying right next to the UN flag on the UN observation post when my computer crashed, but I'm sure many saw the same pic and other evidence that the UN supplies intel, transportation, cover and deception. I just pray the Israelis realize how criticaly important an overwhelming victory before 1/20 is.

ugly as wiki is; Katyusha rocket launcher http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyusha Katyusha multiple rocket launchers (Russian: Катюша) are a type of rocket artillery originally built and fielded by the Soviet Union in the Second World War. Compared to other types of artillery, such multiple rocket launchers are able to deliver a devastating amount of explosives to an area target more quickly but with lower accuracy and requiring a longer time to reload. These vehicles are fragile compared to conventional artillery guns, but relatively inexpensive and easy to produce. Katyushas of World War II, the first self-propelled artillery mass-produced by the Soviet Union,[1] were usually mounted on trucks. This mobility gives Katyushas (and other self-propelled artillery) another advantage: they are able to deliver a blow all at once, and then move before the other side is able to locate their position and attack it with counter-battery fire.

Israel captured BM-24 MRLs during the Six-Day War (1967), used them in two battalions during the Yom Kippur War (1973) and the 1982 Lebanon War, and later developed the MAR-240 launcher for the same rockets, based on a Sherman tank chassis. During the 2006 Lebanon War, Hezbollah fired between 3,970 and 4,228 rockets, from light truck-mounts and single-rail man-portable launchers. About 95% of these were 122 mm (4.8 in) Syrian-manufactured Katyusha artillery rockets, which carried warheads up to 30 kg (66 lb) and had a range of up to 30 km (19 mi).[12][13] An estimated 23% of these rockets hit built-up areas, primarily civilian in nature.[14][12][15]

There were incidents reported that BM-21 launchers were used against American forces during 2003 invasion of Iraq. They have also been used in the Afghanistan and Iraq insurgencies. In Iraq, according to Associated Press and Agence France-Presse reports, Katyusha rockets were fired at the Green Zone late March 2008.[16][17]

Harry S. Truman said the use of atomic weapons on Japan was necessary for two reasons. It would save many lives as the second reason, the war would end rather quickly when the US demonstrated the power of the bomb. I believe Israel should consider use of the bomb, and soon. I would suggest inside of twelve days....

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posted on 01/08/2009 3:19:16 AM PST
by Born In America
(Warning: Use liberals only under close conservative supervision.....)

122’s are not very accurate. Yet, if you fire them at a major city, they will land somewhere. They might hit the road, the outhouse, a school house, your house, or land in the back yard. Tell me if you want them aimed at a major city in the USA? I do not not. Why should Israel have to tolerate them?

At Tay Ninh (60k NW Saigon) we simply put one more layer of sandbags (filled with liquid/curing concrete) on top of existing bunkers, then hung chain link fence 4 feet over bunkers as standoff detonator screenss.

Exploding 122s were very loud but hardly even damaged the fencing.

We always had launch watchers in towers and a O-6 LOH with a door gunner with an M-60 on fast response. Killed a lot of PAVN/VC rocket teams.

Ef ‘em.

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posted on 01/08/2009 3:44:55 AM PST
by MindBender26
(Never kick a leftist when they are down. Wait 'til they're halfway back up! You get better leverage!)

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